Vandy's Gonzales Austin Looks for Three TVOC Titles

Saturday, June 14, 2014
- by B.B. Branton

Vanderbilt junior Gonzales Austin made school history in May
by becoming of one of two players this season (Ryan Lypman was the other) to be
the first ‘Dores players ever to earn All-American honors in singles and
doubles in the same year.

Sunday, he has a chance to add to his trophy case as he is
in three finals; men’s open singles and doubles and mixed doubles.

“I have never been in three finals in the same tournament,”
said Austin with a smile shortly after he and Vandy teammate Cameron Colton won
the mixed doubles semifinal match late Saturday afternoon.

“I took a couple of weeks off after the NCAAs, but I feel I
am in shape and will be ready to play three finals Sunday.”

Lots of Vandy Black: At noon, Colton and VU teammate Marie
Casares are in the women’s open doubles, while Austin and Elliott Orkin (No.5
singles at Florida as a freshman) are in the men’s doubles final on a nearby
court.

World Champs Face Off in Men’s 45s:A pair of age division world champions (Wesley
Cash and Ned Caswell) face each other in the Men’s 45s Doubles finals at 2 .m. …
Top-seeded Cash-Ken Koelling take on Caswell and Robert Evans.

UTC in Mixed Open Finals: It’s UTC vs. Vandy in the Finals …
Unseeded Pavels Grigorjevs and Samantha Caswell take on the No.1 seeds from
Vandy, Gonzales Austin and Courtney Colton …

UTC Duo: Caswell is a rising freshman after an All-American
prep career at Baylor School, while Grigorjevs is a rising senior for the Mocs …
Grigorjevs-Caswell defeated No.4 Ian Chadwell-Kayleen Chadwell in the quarterfinals
and No.2 Will Reynolds-Marie Casares in the semis.

Austin was a 2014 All-American in singles and doubles, while
Colton lost in the first round of the NCAA doubles.

Busy Day on the Court: Sue Bartlett is running a GPS summer
tournament and also teamed with Mike Parker to win the Mixed 45s Doubles.

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